Photos of the Day: March 12

BADGES AND BINOCULARS: A spectator, wearing all his previous race badges, posed for a photograph as he looked through binoculars during the Cheltenham Festival horse racing meet in Gloucestershire, England, Tuesday. (Eddie Keogh/Reuters)

OLD MAN WINTER: A man’s hair and eyebrows were covered with frost and his glasses were foggy on a cold day in Mainz, Germany, Tuesday. (Fredrik Von Erichsen/DPA/Zuma Press)

ON BENDED KNEE: A Pilgrim knelt in St. Peter’s Square as cardinals attended a Mass before the start of a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI in Vatican City Tuesday. The 115 cardinal electors will live inside the Vatican walls until they have made their choice. (Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)

BATTLING BANKIA: A man affected by the troubles of Spanish lender Bankia participated in a protest outside a Bankia branch in Madrid Tuesday. (Susana Vera/Reuters)

SOAPED-UP: A man winced as soap got in his eyes at a public bathing facility in Colombo, Sri Lanka, early Tuesday. Bus drivers, vendors, beggars and travelers typically use the facility, which serves at least 100 people per day. (Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

SIMILAR STANCE: Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Robert Mueller, left, and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified Tuesday in Washington, D.C., before the Senate intelligence committee about national-security threats to the U.S. (Shawn Thew/European Pressphoto Agency)